diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -156,6 +156,30 @@ Docker Compose does not support time-based restarts. To force a daily restart:
 
 - launchd (macOS): create `~/Library/LaunchAgents/com.ploughshares.dailyrestart.plist` with a StartCalendarInterval and run a script that executes `docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml down && docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml up -d` in the repo directory.
 
+## Server Install (Ubuntu)
+
+Non-interactive systemd install that deploys to /opt/ploughshares:
+
+```bash
+sudo ./install.sh
+```
+
+What it does:
+- Installs Docker + compose plugin if missing
+- Syncs repo to /opt/ploughshares
+- Ensures /opt/ploughshares/.env exists (copies from .env.example if absent)
+- Installs systemd unit ploughshares-compose.service and daily timer ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+- Enables and starts both
+
+Change restart time:
+
+```bash
+sudo systemctl edit ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+# Add in [Timer]: OnCalendar=*-*-* 04:00:00 then
+sudo systemctl daemon-reload
+sudo systemctl restart ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+```
+
 ### Crawler - Google Alerts
 
 To run the Google Alerts crawler locally (requires GOOGLE_API_KEY):
diff --git a/install.sh b/install.sh
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index 0000000..370cb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Non-interactive installer for Ubuntu hosts.
+# - Installs docker and docker compose plugin if missing
+# - Installs repo under /opt/ploughshares (uses current repo copy)
+# - Ensures .env exists (creates from .env.example if missing)
+# - Installs systemd unit and timer for stack management and daily restart
+# - Enables and starts services
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+if [ "${EUID:-$(id -u)}" -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "This install.sh must be run as root (sudo)."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+SRC_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "$0")" && pwd)"
+DEST_DIR="/opt/ploughshares"
+SYSTEMD_DIR="/etc/systemd/system"
+
+echo "=== Installing prerequisites (docker, compose) ==="
+if ! command -v docker >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+  apt-get update
+  apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
+  install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
+  curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+  chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
+  echo \
+    "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
+    $(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
+    tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
+  apt-get update
+  apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
+  systemctl enable --now docker
+fi
+
+echo "=== Deploying repo to $DEST_DIR ==="
+mkdir -p "$DEST_DIR"
+rsync -a --delete "$SRC_DIR/" "$DEST_DIR/"
+
+echo "=== Ensuring .env exists ==="
+if [ ! -f "$DEST_DIR/.env" ]; then
+  if [ -f "$DEST_DIR/.env.example" ]; then
+    cp "$DEST_DIR/.env.example" "$DEST_DIR/.env"
+    echo "Created $DEST_DIR/.env from example. Update secrets as needed."
+  else
+    touch "$DEST_DIR/.env"
+    echo "Created empty $DEST_DIR/.env."
+  fi
+fi
+
+echo "=== Installing systemd unit and timer ==="
+install -m 0644 "$DEST_DIR/systemd/ploughshares-compose.service" "$SYSTEMD_DIR/ploughshares-compose.service"
+install -m 0644 "$DEST_DIR/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.service" "$SYSTEMD_DIR/ploughshares-daily-restart.service"
+install -m 0644 "$DEST_DIR/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.timer" "$SYSTEMD_DIR/ploughshares-daily-restart.timer"
+
+systemctl daemon-reload
+systemctl enable ploughshares-compose.service
+systemctl start ploughshares-compose.service
+
+systemctl enable ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+systemctl start ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+
+echo "=== Verifying services ==="
+systemctl --no-pager status ploughshares-compose.service | sed -n '1,20p'
+systemctl --no-pager status ploughshares-daily-restart.timer | sed -n '1,20p'
+
+echo "Install complete. Repo at $DEST_DIR. Edit $DEST_DIR/.env to set secrets."
+
+
diff --git a/systemd/ploughshares-compose.service b/systemd/ploughshares-compose.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9e6e02b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/ploughshares-compose.service
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Ploughshares Docker Compose Stack
+Requires=docker.service
+After=docker.service network-online.target
+Wants=network-online.target
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+RemainAfterExit=yes
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/ploughshares
+Environment=COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml
+ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} up -d
+ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker compose -f ${COMPOSE_FILE} down
+TimeoutStartSec=0
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
+
+
diff --git a/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.service b/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..934d279
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.service
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily restart of Ploughshares Docker Compose Stack
+Requires=ploughshares-compose.service
+After=ploughshares-compose.service
+
+[Service]
+Type=oneshot
+WorkingDirectory=/opt/ploughshares
+Environment=COMPOSE_FILE=docker-compose.yml
+ExecStart=/bin/bash -lc '/opt/ploughshares/restart_containers.sh >> /var/log/ploughshares-restart.log 2>&1'
+
+
diff --git a/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.timer b/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bdc1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/systemd/ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=Daily restart timer for Ploughshares Docker Compose Stack
+
+[Timer]
+# Default daily at 03:15 local time. Change with: systemctl edit ploughshares-daily-restart.timer
+OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:15:00
+Persistent=true
+Unit=ploughshares-daily-restart.service
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=timers.target
+
+